278 Zoological Society, 



Tropidonotus mcestus. Tro. superne triste olivaceo-nigri ans 

 suhius Jiavus . 



Scuta ahdominal'ia 138. 



Scutella subcaudalia 77. 

 Habitat. Bengal. 



Dull blackish olive-colour above ; yellow beneath. 

 Vernacular name, Kalla Mittallee. 



Tropidonotus surgens. Tro. Iccte olivaceo-vhidis, ahdom'ne 

 Jlavo lined nigra serratd utrinque incluso. 

 Scuta abdominalia 148. 

 Scutella subcaudalia 23. 

 Habitat. Bengal. 



Bright greenish-olive ; the abdominal surface with a black ser- 

 rated line on either side. 

 Vernacular name, Bahr. 



Tropidonotus plumbicolor. Tro. supra plumbeus, fascia sagit- 

 tatd occipitali nigra et alba J'asciisqus nig r is serratis trans ' 

 versalibuSf sqiiamis alte carinatis tectas, men to albo^ abdonmie 

 plumbeo. 



Scuta abdominalia 162. 

 Scutella subcaudalia 51. 

 Habitat. Malwa (Saugor). 



Lead-coloured above, with an occipital arrow-shaped black and 

 white band, and with black serrated transversal bands, covered with 

 sharply-keeled scales ; the chin white ; the abdominal surface lead- 

 coloured. 



Genus Cerberus, Cuvier. 



Cerberus cinereus. Cerb. superne cinereus fasciis nigris trans- 

 versalibus, subtus albicans fascia nigra undulald. 

 Scuta abdominalia 143. 

 Scutella subcaudalia 59. 

 Habitat. Bengal. 



Ash-coloured above, with black transverse bands ; beneath whitish, 

 with a black undulated band. 

 Vernacular name, Jal Ginth^a. 



Genus Homalopsis, Kuhl. 

 HoMALOPSis olivaceus. Hom. superne oUvacevs lineis nigris 

 inter squamas variegatus, abdo?ni?ie albicante, lined medid nigrd 

 diviso, vittd albo-virescenti utrinque incluso. 

 Scuta abdominalia 167. 

 Scutella subcaudalia 7 1 . 

 Habitat. Bengal. 



Olive-coloured above, variegated with black lines between the 

 scales ; the abdominal surface whitish, divided in the middle by a 

 black line, and with a greenish- white band on either side. 

 Vernacular name, Metillee. 



" The descriptions and figures of these serpents were made in India 

 in 1835, 1836, and 1837. For the specimens from Asam I am in- 

 debted to the kindness of the eminent botanist Mr. William Griffith ; 



